Simiarum et vespertilionum brasiliensium species novae = ou Histoire naturelle des espèces nouvelles de singes et de chauves-souris, observées et recueillies pendant le voyage dans l'intérieur du Brésil, exécuté par ordre de S.M. le Roi de Bavière dans les années 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820

by: Spix, Johann Baptist von, 1781-1826

Publication date: 1823

Topics: Monkeys, Vespertilionidae, Bats, Zoology, Monkeys -- Brazil, Vespertilionidae -- Brazil, Bats -- Brazil, Zoology -- Brazil

Publisher: Monachii [Munich] : Typis Francisci Seraphici Hübschmanni

Collection: biodiversity; smithsonian

Digitizing sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

Contributor: Smithsonian Libraries

Language: Latin; French; German

[8], viii, 72 p., XXXVIII leaves of plates : 58 cm

Text is in Latin and French for the section on monkeys; text in Latin only for the section on bats (p. 53-55). The captions on the plates are in Latin and German

Plates XXXIV-XXXVI are signed by the illustrator M. Schmid. The "Praefatio", p. viii, credits Schmid for the drawings, Professor Mitterer for the lithography, and F. Weishaupt for the hand-coloring of the plates

Subscriber's list on p. [3] (1st group); errata on p. 72

Includes bibliographical references and index

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